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Some new and classic theaters are luring customers with advanced technology, cool events and such gourmet treats as bacon-fat popcorn.All Nippon Airways said Wednesday in Tokyo that it will begin nonstop service to the West Coast next year, from Narita airport to Seattle. ANA also will serve San Jose, Calif.The airline says the destinations maximize the ability of the fuel-efficient, mid-size widebody to fly long-range routes.It will be the first U.S. service for the new plane that Boeing delivered to the launch customer in September, nearly three years late.ANA says it's enhancing the competitiveness of joint ventures with United and Continental Airlines, two Star Alliance partners.Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Some new and classic theaters are luring customers with advanced technology, cool events and such gourmet treats as bacon-fat popcorn. [Read the full article] >>>coming to the nation's skies for the first time since the 1960s the faa has announced a set of tough new rules to ensure pilots get enough rest between flights. nbc's tom costello covers aviation. he is at reagan national airport. tom, good morning.>> reporter: hey, carl. good morning to you. you know, it's been nearly three years since the crash in buffalo killed 50 people. when coming up with these new rules the faa took a hard look at science, the science of sleep cycles, jet lag, flying through mulltiple time zones, and then used that science when coming up with the new rules. for the families of the people who died on flight 3407 outside of buffalo three years ago, a tribute to their tenacity and determination.>>these families, with unimaginable heart break, turned that into a powerful commitment to save the lives of others. [Read the full article] Some new and classic theaters are luring customers with advanced technology, cool events and such gourmet treats as bacon-fat popcorn.The continent's highest court upheld a European Union law on Wednesday that will charge airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe, beginning Jan. 1.Carriers are certain to want to pass that cost on to consumers and some industry watchers forecast airfares between the United States and Europe could rise $50 to $90.Mike Miller, vice president of the American Aviation Institute, a commercial aviation think tank, said trans-Atlantic ticket prices could rise $70 to $90, based on current oil prices, as a result of the EU carbon law."The bottom line is that this is a tax on passengers. It will dampen demand as prices rise and will slow airline investment into the single biggest method of lowering emissions - buying more efficient aircraft," Miller said. [Read the full article] 
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